Brassiere



E. BROWN. RAssERE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4|192I.

Famed; oct. 10,1922..

ELONA BROWN', 0F JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

BRASSIRE.

Application filed august t, 1921. Serial No. 439,302.

.To all whom it may concer/11,:

Be it known that ll, ELoNA BRowN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Brassire, of which the following is a specification. l

rllhe device forming the subject matter of this application is a brassire, and the invention aims to provide novel means for retracting or drawing inwardly, the lower edge of the brassire, the construction being such that the article will be peculiarly eectivo when worn by persons who are more or less obese. The invention aims to providel means for controlling the lower edge of the brassire, asaforesaid, without preventing the brassire from adjusting itself longitudinallv, to conform to the body of the wearer.

1th the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown `can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

lln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig- In Figure 1 there is shown a brassire including a body 1 having arm straps 2 and a draw string 3, the ends of the body l being adapted to be united releasably by any suitable connection Ll, the numeral 8 marking any suitable device for connecting the lower edge of the brassire to a corset.

Any desired number of flexible elements 5 are secured at their upper ends to the lower edge portion of the body 1, the lower ends of the flexible elements 5 being fashioned into guides or loops. The loops or guides at the ends of the body 1 are denoted by the numeral 6, the intermediate loops being designated by the numeral 7. Through the loops or guides 6 and 7 extends a retractile memured between the loops 6 preferably is i.'

somewhat shorter than the lower edge of the body 1, measured between the same points, this fact being made manifest in igure 1 b showing folds l1 in the body 1. 0n the ents of the retractile member 9 are mounted connecting means of any desired sort, such as snap fasteners 12.

In practical operation, when the vgarment is in use, inwardly, the lower portion of the body l of the brassire, with obviously desirable results. Since the loops 7 are slidably mounted on the retractile member 9, the brassire can adjust itself to the body of the wearer, longitudinally of the member 9. The snap fasteners 12 or their equivalent, obviously provided .for the necessary' adjustments, so that the retractile member or elastic 9 will extend about the body of thc wearer with a graduated or adjusted constricting effort.

What is claimed is In a device of the class described. a brassire comprising abody; guides mounted on the lower edge of the-body adjacent to the ends of the body; intermediate guides mounted on the lower edge of the body and disposed between the rst specified uides; a retractile member mounted in al of the guides and slidable` in the intermediate guides; and means for securing the retractile member to the first specified guides, the ends of the retractile member extending beyond the first specified guides, for connection with each other.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses ELONA BROWN. Witnesses Ur. C. lVALsI-vr, @LGA RosENBERG.

the retractile member 9 will draw 

